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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 277

(x) The rare Cape of Good Hope and Boer War pair awarded to Trooper H. J. Van Wyke, Damant's Horse, late Sergeant, Cape Mounted Yeomanry, who was severely wounded at Sannah's Post on 31 March 1900

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Sgt. H. J. Van Wyke. C.M. Yeo.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Tpr: H. J. Van Wyke Damant's Horse), the first with officially re-engraved naming, very fine and rare (2)

Henry Johnson Van Wyke had previously served with the Cape Mounted Yeomanry before enlisting in Damant's Horse (Rimmington's Scouts) on 13 October 1899. Besides his ability to ride and shoot, Van Wyke had lived in South Africa for 30 years and was able to speak 'a native language.'

Damant's Horse served with great distinction in the Boer War, Corporal J. J. Clements winning the unit a fine Victoria Cross on 24 February 1900, near Strijdenburg, having caused a party of Boers to surrender to him whilst wounded ' … through the lungs.'

Van Wyke was himself severely wounded at Sannah's Post on 31 March 1900, before being discharged on 28 January 1901; sold with copied research.


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